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. 2009 Nov 28;34(6):783–787. doi: 10.1007/s00264-009-0884-0

Table 2.

Postoperative baseline cancellous bone density (BD) values [mean ± standard deviation (SD)] and follow-up BD values in the five regions of interest (ROI) (1 = greater trochanter region; 5 = 2 cm below the tip of the stem)

ROI Postoperative 1 year 2 years 5 years
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
1 208.7 70.5 139.1 83.5 164.5 66.1 155.3 88.2
2 336.6 48.4 282.7 71.7 322.3 86.2 261.0 79.2
3 511.7 114.0 426.5 97.8 551.3 116.0 543.7 115.7
4 255.7 63.2 225.4 62.1 320.6 82.5 276.5 100.4
5 186.0 42.3 153.1 37.7 199.0 50.3 219.4 67.9